ethnic disparity – ASF Weekly Science Podcasts

April 16, 2023April 16, 2023

The CDC speaks on prevalence, and we listen.

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This week we conduct an interview with Michelle Hughes, PhD, epidemiologist with the CDC, who answers all of our questions about how many people have autism, how they are counted, what has changed since the last count and why the CDC are counting more kids than they were 10 years ago.

You can read more about her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemergler/

Here is a link to the 8 year old counting study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36952288/

Here is the follow up to when they turned 16: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36849336/

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

Some important discoveries of 2022

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It’s that time! The ASF Year of End Science Wrap-up was published in December, so it’s time to share it on the podcast. We cover everything from parent mediated interventions to genetics and racial and ethnic disparities. You can listen here or read it on the ASF website here: https://autismsciencefoundation.org/autism-research-in-2022/

December 15, 2019December 16, 2019

Investigating inequality in autism spectrum disorder

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While autism organizations might not always agree on everything, there is something that we all feel is unacceptable and is priority for research: racial, ethnic, and poverty – induced inequities in access to services for ASD. This podcast covers what scientists know about these disparities, and highlights new research that is doing something about them. There is much more that needs to be done in this area, and while some of this is not new news, its information we all need to hear.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31132161

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31342443